New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-06
BULGARIAN PATRIOTS.
THE THREE DELEGATES AT THE EURO
PEAN CAPITALS.

PEAN CAPll AIS.
FROM TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRiBrNH]
PARIS, January 10.
saw good deal of the Bulgarian delegates
when they were here, and indeed was Mt dinner
with them. The most influential of the three and
the one OF most presence is Mr.. GrekoG. He is
tall, handsome man with a very powerfully out
lined head Of the aquiline type without being at
all Jewish. and dark eyes of sinSularly ex-
pressivc kind They can be very soft and sweet
and they can be very harsh and commanding. In
all his moods they intelligent and show pene-
tration and oiservant habits. Mr.. Grekof is
Conservative in politics and he would have liked
the Constitution Of Bulgaria 10 be less radical But
the moment Prince BattenbeIg at the insligation
of Russia went to brush it aside, he called in his
fellow-citizens to stand by 1T with unhincmnS
rcsolut ion. Mr. Grckoff went TO school i'll Paris
and took out a I'M, ersity degree here. Mr.. St0i
loft, the second DELEGATE is short, plump broad
shouldeIcd. broad-chcellcd pinll-faced little man.
clearly shaved and busted over with pearl powder
wherever the razor passed. lie looks the picture
Of good humor, quickness and shrewdness, and
wears his blue frocl< coat buttoncd up "a If 1t were
n uniform. lie is q cavalry officer and was on the
staff Of Prince Alexander throughout the CAM
paign against Servia Mr.. StolOf has Jolly.
military way OF talking and Is very commlnlcar
tive and original IL was great fun to hear his
impressions OF the Austrian Foreign Minister, oil
Count Herbert Bismarck, OF Lord Salisbury Lord
Iddeslcigh. Mr. Chamberlain. Sir Charles Dixie
and NJ. FlOurens, VINO was most on the high horse
nd freezingly solemn OF all the statesmen he had
seen. Lord Salisbury appeared to him more u
man OF thought and criticism than man of action.
lie was very clever, but though self-opinionatcd
did not seem man carablc of making Others bend
TO his will Mr.. Caltchef the third delc,atc. is
from IhppopOlis. He is OF Levantine type.
looks wary, smooth insulating, shrewd, and talks
like man OF o high order OF political intclli-
gcnce. / should say that he is a born diplomatst.
Ills spcctaclcs give him a PROFESSIONAL Air. lie
told me that OF all the political men he met in
ENGLAND Lord Iddeslegh was the most thoroughly
Genial and worthy Of being classcd rs typical
English gentleman.
had a long talk with Mr.. Gr,Iofr about Prince
Alexander. lie said that tho Prince went there
intcn ling to be Russian viceroy. lie strove by
the charm of his manner. which IL enhanced by
manly beauty and @ splendid figure, to gain the
l,ulgarians round TO accepting gildcd Russian fet
tcIs. But he found that they were determined 10
re free. They not by any means Radicals
when he went there. Radical Constitution had
been devised by Russia storm cradle for the
future. 1t was sure. the Russians thought 10 be
productive OF conflicts. When the Bulgarians saw
that Prince leVander was for brushing II aside
hey pulled nst him and vigilance committees
If the most resolute men were formed TO protect
tho Constitution They would not have hest
'ated to shoot the Prince and his advisors II they
-crsevercd in their coup d'etat and have asked
Europe for another ruler. Prince Ale ander was
aroused by his danger to see that yawnng gulf
was before him. lie also felt ashamed Of the part
lie had been playing, and was aroused by the
rnanlncss OF those around him to be man him
self. Tho Russians, when they saw this, strove
TO organize anarchy, and falling. got up the war
between Bulgaria and Servia-for which King Mi
Ian is now very sorry. In lanl was the only
Power to which Prince and people could look for
,ymrathy France rowed the boat that Russia
mill v,trlyo Ct ria midi coll
Professions of friendship. Bismarck said "iour
Affairs don't concern me" The Prince then
kidnapped. lie was cruelty slandercd and charged
nv Russian agents with hayinS robbed Bulgaria
his WIS fa.sc. He spent his entire income and
deserved the gratitude and respect Of all his sub
ocIs